[LRUG] Paths to open source contributions

[Jason Green]

 From a commercial perspective, ie looking for more work it makes  
sense as potential employers can get a good feel for your ability /  
programming style and also gives you an opportunity to collaborate  
with people you otherwise may not necessarily have the chance to work  
with.

Jason Green

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On 8 May 2009, at 12:00, Tim Benest <thb at taskforce.co.uk> wrote:

> One motivation is that you want to give something back. Giving
> financially as well as intellectually is an important facet to note.
> If your commercial project gains from open source projects, then it
> only seem fit to give something back to the community. There are many
> open software foundations that aim to "feed the open source
> developer", when working on the project becomes a full time  job.
>
> Just my tuppence worth
>
> Tim
>
> 2009/5/7 Vahagn Hayrapetyan <vahagnh at gmail.com>:
>> Hello,-
>>
>> I've been browsing the often impressive open source contributions  
>> of some of
>> the Rails / Ruby luminaries when it struck me that I don't really  
>> understand
>> how most open source projects originate. Essentially what I'd like  
>> to know
>> is whether such contributions are most typically the bi-product of  
>> some main
>> development effort or are they conceptualized and implemented for  
>> their own
>> sake, from the very start.
>>
>> So if you have open source contributions, I hope you'll shed some  
>> light as
>> to why you have them:
>>
>> You were solving a problem for yourself (a pet project perhaps),  
>> and ended
>> up with extra code that you released as open source;
>> You were working on someone else's problem (such as a client's),  
>> and ended
>> up with extra code that you released as open source;
>> You were bored and decided to make a contribution for the fun of it;
>> You were being strategic. You realized that for the Kool Kids to  
>> work with
>> you and the Beautiful People to go to bed with you, you NEED to  
>> have open
>> source contributions before we arrive at web 3.12. (This is the  
>> path I'm
>> feeling irresistibly pulled towards, by the force of destiny).
>>
>> As I realize that human behaviour is often influenced by several  
>> factors,
>> compound answers (such as 1&4; or 3&4) are of particular interest.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> / Vahagn
>>
>>
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